@jonathanrose.bsky.social
Professor & Head, Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON More at http://jonathanrose.ca
Childish Gambino released this response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti eight years ago.
25.01.2026 03:29 — 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Fun fact that may only be fun to me:
From 1995 through 2016, the phrase "rules-based international order" was spoken exactly 0 times in the House of Commons.
From 2017 through 2025, there were 123 references to the "rules-based international order," peaking at 34 references in 2022.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer?
17.01.2026 02:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Isn’t the nature of a U-turn that you are going in the opposite direction?
14.01.2026 19:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a New York Times correction
It must be such a fun gig writing the @nytimes.com Corrections. Another gem today.
07.12.2025 20:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Arguing that a country of 40 million people “can’t” operate two fighter types and must use a single jack-of-all-trades aircraft is not a serious position.” #cdnpoli
24.11.2025 03:44 — 👍 34 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 2Uses of the word "productivity" in the last five budgets.
Budget 2021 (726 pages): 39
Budget 2022 (304 pages): 18
Budget 2023 (270 pages): 9
Budget 2024 (430 pages): 63
Budget 2025 (490 pages): 131
I’m also Burkean on this. Our elected reps owe us their judgment.
06.11.2025 02:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pretty sure this *will* draw backlash but *may* decimate university funding.
05.11.2025 13:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not enough people are talking about the actual biggest political story in North America this week.
A majority of voters in the Yukon voted (in a non-binding plebiscite) in favour of moving to a ranked-ballot voting system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More like trying to find a glint of sunlight on a dark, gloomy day. But relavant to the course, how you count matters.
03.11.2025 17:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow.
03.11.2025 17:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thinking of using this as my ice breaker in my electoral systems class today. Too soon?
03.11.2025 15:29 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
The Sunday @nytimes.com Corrections never fails to deliver.
#ickyTrump
The Toronto Blue Jays are undefeated in World Series Game 7s.
01.11.2025 03:26 — 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
Dusting this off in anticipation of tonight. #gojaysgo #worldseries
31.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Although it’s a common name, I think I recognize this sense of humour as the former president of the CPSA. What do you think @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social !?
24.10.2025 12:31 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of three monks
What a fantastic photo by Darren Calabrese in today’s @theglobeandmail.com. It’s giving Alex Colville.
23.10.2025 12:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A bit late for that. John Schneider has already spoken.
21.10.2025 03:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Man did we ever need this.
21.10.2025 03:28 — 👍 54 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
BLUE JAYS ARE WORLD SERIES BOUND.
It’s the first time since 1993 Toronto is headed to the big stage.
Great stuff, Jack!
21.10.2025 03:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"
09.10.2025 03:04 — 👍 1613 🔁 492 💬 15 📌 213
In the German state of Saarland, a Citizens' Assembly has developed proposals for achieving climate protection targets. The results were presented to the state parliament on 29 September 2025.
www.buergerrat.de/en/news/crea...
#CitizensAssembly
What a lede! Nice writing, Grayson Haver Currin. From today’s @nytimes.com
21.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
US ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says something really dumb.
How tone deaf do you have to be to say this? Did Pete Hoekstra skip day 1 of Ambassador School?
18.09.2025 21:39 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0I agree.
23.08.2025 04:51 — 👍 177 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 1
Full of congenial truths or not, Charlie Angus is devastating.
youtu.be/9BptD9K1Bu4
*have become ?
17.08.2025 12:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"In response to America’s threats, Canada is in the middle of the greatest explosion of nationalism in the country’s history, far more substantial than the nationalism of the 1960s."
10.08.2025 17:03 — 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
